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U.S. ethnic scientists and entrepreneurs
Kerr, William R. (2007-04)
Immigrants are exceptionally important for U.S. technology development, accounting for almost half of the country?s Ph.D. workforce in science and engineering. Most notably, the contribution of Chinese and Indian scientists and entrepreneurs in U.S. high-technology sectors increased dramatically in the 1990s. These ethnic scientific communities in the United States further help transfer new technologies back to their home countries.
Economic Commentary , Issue Apr

Journal Article
The Texas challenge in the 21st century
Murdock, Stephen H. (2004)
Banking and Community Perspectives , Issue 1 , Pages 6-8

Journal Article
Recent immigration trends in Southeast Michigan
Booza, Jason C. (2004-06)
During most of the twentieth century, southeast Michigan was portrayed in scholarly research and the popular media as black and white. While the region has a rich history of international immigration prior to 1950, the post-war years have focused on the large migration from the American south and the resulting interaction between African Americans and Caucasians in the workplace and community. While Detroit was not a gateway city for immigrants, secondary migration flows continued to add to the first- and second-generation base. The unprecedented immigration flows that the country experienced ...
Profitwise , Issue Jun , Pages 2-6

Working Paper
Prospects for immigrant-native wealth assimilation: evidence from financial market participation
Paulson, Anna L.; Osili, Una Okonkwo (2004)
Because financial transactions are important for wealth accumulation, and rely on trust and confidence in institutions, the financial market behavior of immigrants can provide important insights into the assimilation process. Compared to the native-born, immigrants are less likely to own savings and checking accounts and these differences tend to persist over time. Our results suggest that a large share of the immigrant-native gap in financial market participation is driven by group differences in education, income, and geographic location. For a given immigrant, the likelihood of financial ...
Working Paper Series , Paper WP-04-18

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Undocumented immigrants and child health
Gusmano, Michael K.; Berlinger, Nancy (2013-07)
Integrating health reform with immigration reform would improve the health outcomes of undocumented immigrants? children, millions of whom are actually U.S. citizens.
Communities and Banking , Issue Summer , Pages 14-15

Working Paper
The minimum wage and Latino workers
Zavodny, Madeline; Orrenius, Pia M. (2007)
Because Latinos comprise a large and growing share of the low-skilled labor force in the U.S., Latinos may be disproportionately affected by minimum wage laws. We compare the effects of minimum wage laws on employment and earnings among Hispanic immigrants and natives compared with non-Hispanic whites and blacks. We focus on adults who have not finished high school and on teenagers, groups likely to earn low wages. Conventional economic theory predicts that higher minimum wages lead to higher hourly earnings among people who are employed but lower employment rates. Data from the Current ...
Working Papers , Paper 0708

Working Paper
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure
Abramitzky, Ran; Ager, Phillip; Boustan, Leah; Cohen, Elior; Hansen, Casper (2021-09-30)
In the 1920s, the United States substantially reduced immigration by imposing country-specific entry quotas. We compare local labor markets differentially exposed to the quotas due to variation in the national origin mix of their immigrant populations. U.S.-born workers in areas losing immigrants did not gain in income score relative to workers in less exposed areas. Instead, in urban areas, European immigrants were replaced with internal migrants and immigrants from Mexico and Canada. By contrast, farmers shifted toward capital-intensive agriculture, and the immigrant-intensive mining ...
Research Working Paper , Paper RWP 21-09

Journal Article
Transnationalism: living in two worlds
Levitt, Peggy (2008-07)
Many immigrants vote, invest, and support families back home while starting businesses, establishing churches, and joining parent-teacher associations in the United States. Today savvy organizations recognize this growing transnationalism and collaborate across borders to reduce problems in two countries simultaneously.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 6-9

Newsletter
How FAIR Plans Confronted Redlining in America
Nwokolo, Ramzee (2023-09)
Access to financial services, including insurance, is vital for the growth and development of communities. Without banks issuing residential mortgages and business loans, it is extremely difficult for people to purchase homes and grow their businesses. Without property insurance, banks will be reluctant to provide such loans. Thus, the inability to access property insurance makes communities more vulnerable to cycles of disinvestment and decline. In this Chicago Fed Letter, I examine the Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) plans, how they addressed the issues of insurance ...
Chicago Fed Letter , Volume No 484 , Pages 8

Journal Article
Rolling the ICE dice
Cobb, Kathy (2007-11)
Immigrant workers play a key role in district labor markets, and employers and workers alike walk a legal tightrope.
Fedgazette , Volume 19 , Issue Nov , Pages 17-19

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